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Unlawful administration of third party deductions
Useful article discussing the Timson case - [2022] EWHC 2392 (Admins) - which ruled that DWP was acting unlawfully by failing to seek representations from claimants before applying third party deductions for utility debts
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09649069.2023.2175554?src=
And yet it rolls on….
The government is still deducting money from people’s Universal Credit to pay their utility bills, despite it losing a legal case concerning other benefits.
Last year, High Court judges said a scheme - which allows money to be taken from people claiming benefits to pay energy bills - was unlawful if the claimant had not been consulted first.
But the ruling did not cover people on Universal Credit and BBC News has found thousands are still having money taken.
The government says the policy is fair.
Benefits taken away to pay for utilities without consent - BBC News